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OfficeMax Letter To "Daughter In Car Crash" Could Be Privacy’s Whale Song

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The anti-whaling movement failed and failed, until it didn’t.  The movement took off when, in the late nineteen-sixties, scientists and others began to identify and record whale songs.  Hearing...

Proposing A Compelling OSCON Talk

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By Simon St. Laurent The OSCON call for proposals closes on January 30th. I’ve seen some great explanations of how to write a conference proposal generally, and my co-chair Matthew McCullough has an...
    






The Target Data Breach Is Becoming A Nightmare

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Over the past month, details about the breadth of the Target data breach have continued to emerge.  It’s not a pretty story.  Bad enough when it appeared that through some means, hackers had gotten...
    






Obama Calls For ‘New Approach’ On NSA Surveillance–Not ‘New’ Enough For Critics

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Six months after Edward Snowden began leaking the NSA’s secrets, President Obama has agreed that the way America spies needs to change. But when it comes to the degree of that change, the White House...
    






RSA Boycotters To Hold Their Own Conference Across The Street

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After a Reuters report last month claimed the NSA paid security company RSA $10 million for a backdoor into their encryption technology, it was inevitable: speakers slated to speak at the company’s...
    






Apple agrees to refund app store purchases totaling $32.5 million

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Parents will be happy to hear that Apple has just agreed to refund app store purchases that were made without their consent.The Federal Trade Commission previously filed a complaint against the...
    






Johnson & Johnson Faces Uphill Battle At FDA Advisory Panel

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The third time may not be the charm. Twice before the FDA has turned down the supplemental new drug application for an acute coronary syndrome indication for Johnson & Johnson’s Xarelto (...
    






Charter to bid below $135 a share for TW Cable

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Charter in pursuit of Time Warner Cable, willing to make cash-and-stock offer of up to $38B NEW YORK (AP) — Cable TV operator Charter Communications wants to buy the much larger Time...